Don't start zoomed in on SanFrancisco

[spuder]

mappers.helium.com defaults to a zoomed in view, whereas explorer defaults to a zoomed out view.

The zoomed in view is very tedious to zoom out then back in (especially on mobile)

Change the default view of mappers to be zoomed out (or better yet make it detect my current location)

[disk91]

I was looking on registering the same issue, dezooming and moving is boring.
It could get a location based on IP or GPS position of the browser.
The other good way could be to have the position as an url parameter to be able to bookmark a certain position and zoom level.

[zl3ag]

At least read the default ISO country code from the browser and start with a map centred on that country. I'm getting sick of seeing SFCA all the time when I load it into my browser. :^)

[negis02]

By IP address should be ok, and I think no need any permission, can be automatic.

[mcauser]

It would be nice if we could set the map starting position using lat/lng/zoom url params.

[Siegfried-B]

The mappers explorer now has a "find my location"-button.
On mobile it works perfectly for me (by using the device's gps position, I guess). On desktop, it seems to be taking a guess based on ip-address (excuse the language, I am not a dev), and the results are still not very far from my location (<30 km).

Wondering:

1. With this new button, is this issue still relevant or can it be closed?
2. If it is still relevant, would it be (a) very easy to implement and (b) an acceptable solution/improvement to start the mappers.helium.com coverage map exactly in the way it would appear after clicking the "find my location" button? In other words: could the app just trigger the "find my location" routine when opened and start showing the coverage map with using the result?

[kanokc]

Unfortunately this button is not available on iPad on both portrait and landscape. So I have to unzoom the map, move across the world then zoom again. So it is either remember the last location worked or make the find my location available across every platform. Until any of them is fixed, I think this issue still outstanding.

[Siegfried-B]

Didn't know that. Agreed, then it is still an issue.

[kanokc]

I didn't realized that adjust the geolocate button took more than 7 months.